After hearing Zhu Zhe's reminder, Yu Chuhui searched online and consulted someone. Sure enough, knowing the consequences, she had a bad look on her face for several days, worried that Han Jiaren would cause trouble for her because of this matter.
Fortunately, Mama Yu had already gone to Ye Zhenzhen’s boss Professor Tao’s house as a nanny to help take care of Professor Tao’s father under the introduction of Ye Zhenzhen. Yu Chuhui did not tell Mama Yu about this, otherwise, with Yu Mother's temperament may indicate what she will be like if she is worried.
At that time, Yu Chuhui did something bad out of good intentions. Not only did he fail to let Yu's mother gain a foothold in the Demon City, but it actually made Yu's mother worried and scared.
Fortunately, the Han family did not take any action. As for the reason!
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the Han family can't take care of their own messy affairs and don't have the energy to spend time wrangling lawsuits. After all, if this kind of thing really comes to a lawsuit, no matter how well-founded it is, it has to be wrangled. It takes a long time, and even if they win, the other party can still appeal, over and over again, tirelessly.
There are two paralyzed old people in the Han family. One is bedridden and the other is in a wheelchair and has limited mobility. How can they focus on the lawsuit.
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Of course, it is also possible that the Han family does not want to make enemies for no reason. After all, business cannot be done with righteousness, and we are neighbors. If we really become enemies, it is hard to say what will happen. After all, the old couple of the Han family still have to live in the Ode to Joy community. Keep living.
It may even be because the Han family is still worried about both sides. No matter what the final outcome of this matter is, if it really goes to court, it will also have an impact on the reputation of the couple among the neighbors. After all, such a result also has Part of their reason.
Although there was no lawsuit, Yu Chuhui was really worried for a while and regretted the decision he had made in a hurry. Fortunately, Zhu Zhe and Ye Zhenzhen comforted him because he had settled down to business. For a while.
It was He Minhong who took advantage of this matter and severely criticized Yu Chuhui. The two quarreled several times over this matter, and Zhu Zhe could only take the trouble to mediate between them and act as a mediator between them together with Ye Zhenzhen. Lubricant.
Fortunately, no big trouble occurred and life went on as usual. Soon, because of work matters, He Minhong had no time to stand on the moral high ground and make sarcastic accusations against Yu Chuhui.
Ye Zhenzhen was busy falling in love with David, and the two of them were fighting each other fiercely. Suddenly, two of the five women on the 22nd floor had a partner. The sour smell of love inevitably made several other women have feelings for each other. A little bit envious.
Time soon came to the end of the month, and the 22nd floor also ushered in the long-lost calm.
Wang Zhong and Zhu Zhe had packed their things in advance. They carried two large suitcases with large and small bags, a change of clothes, and Zhu Zhe's cosmetics. Fortunately, Wang Zhong was there, so there was no need for Zhu Zhe to carry them. What effort does it take?
The two first took the high-speed train to the urban area where Zhu Zhe's hometown is. They did some shopping in the city that day, and then rented an ordinary domestic Changan car. They rested in the urban area for a night, and took their big brother with them early the next morning. I packed a small bag and drove back to Zhu Zhe's hometown in a rented car.
Zhu Zhe's hometown is in the countryside. Thanks to the country's vigorous development of the countryside in recent years, although Zhu Zhe's village is not wealthy, a four-meter-five-meter-wide cement road has reached the door of his home.
Zhu Zhe's hometown is a small villa that was built just a few years ago. The style can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. The exterior walls are not like those old-fashioned villas with ceramic tiles, but are sprayed with real stone paint. They were all done by Zhu Zhe's father and uncles. of.
Zhu's father and many people in the village, except for those who have been working in coastal areas, the rest basically know a little bit about brickwork and decoration work. They just didn't form a team, they just followed others to do it, or contacted people from all over the country. The wages of people building houses are not high and it is not easy to get paid, but the advantage is that they are close to home and can take care of the elderly and children at home.
Thanks to the fact that Zhu Zhe has provided the tuition fees for his younger brothers and sisters to go to high school and college over the years, and also paid his parents a thousand yuan for living expenses every month. After more than ten years, plus the money saved by Zhu's father and mother from working, , and then pieced together everything here and there to finally have this self-built house.
However, building this house has put a lot of money into the pockets of the old couple. It was originally intended to provide a comfortable place for their children to go home, and also for the younger son to get married. Who would have thought that the younger son would marry a daughter? His friend didn't want to live with him in the countryside. The two had originally planned to buy a house in the city, and the cost of the wedding gift almost turned Zhu's father's hair gray.
Zhu Zhe's younger brother, Zhu Minjie, had just graduated. He was spoiled by his parents and had no control over his money. He could barely cope with the life of himself and his girlfriend. He had no spare time to get married and buy a house. In the end, all the money had to fall on Zhu Zhe. On the heads of parents.
Zhu's father had already made preparations. If he couldn't, he went to borrow money from relatives and friends. Unexpectedly, his son took his girlfriend's mother to see a doctor in Shanghai. The matter between his son and his girlfriend was blown away. While Zhu's mother was worried about her son, she was also relieved.
But for now, it seems that although Zhu Zhe's younger siblings are just two poor dudes who drink blood and extract marrow from their families, Zhu Zhe's parents are pretty good. At least they didn't take the initiative to ask questions about their youngest son and daughter. When the eldest daughter asked for money, she did not treat her as a cash machine.
Zhu Zhe had already spoken to his parents on the phone before he came back. He also called in advance when he set off from the city this morning. When he was about to enter the village, he also sent a WeChat message to his parents. Wang Zhong drove the rented car. The Changan sedan, under Zhu Zhe's guidance, slowly drove into the village.
Zhu Zhe's parents were so happy when they heard the news that their daughter was back and had brought a boyfriend with her that they almost ran to the entrance of the village to greet her. Wang Zhong drove the car under Zhu Zhe's guidance and drove all the way to the gate of Lao Zhu's house. .
Outside the anti-theft courtyard made of welded stainless steel square tubes, Zhu Zhe's parents stood on the roadside, looking at the white cars approaching from a distance. Especially when they saw their daughter sitting in the passenger seat, their faces suddenly changed. Show an excited smile.
"Dad! Mom!" I haven't seen my parents for a long time. Now that I saw them, even Zhu Zhe couldn't help but be a little excited. He looked at his parents who were much more hunched over than last time and whose faces were much older. , I felt a lot in my heart for a while.
"Azhe!" Father Zhu and Mother Zhu were even more excited when they saw their eldest daughter whom they hadn't seen for a long time. Father Zhu was a little better and just smiled happily. Mother Zhu's eyes started to well with tears. Fortunately, Mistress He quickly wiped away the tears in his eyes, not letting them have a chance to flow out.
"Mom, Dad! This is the boyfriend I told you, Wang Zhong!" Zhu Zhe introduced Wang Zhong to his parents.
"Hello, uncle and aunt!" Wang Zhong also greeted Father Zhu and Mother Zhu with a smile.
"Hello, hello!" Zhu's father and Zhu's mother did not act like father-in-law and mother-in-law. Instead, they felt a little uneasy in front of Wang Zhong.
"Where are Xiaojie and Tingting?" Zhu Zhe asked.
The expressions of the old couple suddenly froze: "They haven't gotten up yet!"
"Huh?" Zhu Zhe frowned in confusion and looked at the wake-up screen of his phone. The time displayed was already past eleven o'clock: "Are you still up at this time?"
"Stop talking about this, let's go inside first. It's Xiao Wang's first time here. Don't let people stand outside the door!" Zhu's father is not the kind of strict father who is not good at words. On the contrary, he seems to be quite reasonable.
Although the yard of the Zhu family is not very big, there is still a lot of space after parking a car. Besides, the car is rented, so it will be troublesome if something goes wrong if it is left outside.
He drove the car into the courtyard and took down the gifts he had brought from Magic City in the back seat. What he gave to Zhu's father were two bottles of medicinal wine prepared by Wang Zhong himself, a piece of Maotai, and a few good-quality cigarettes. , and the supplements given to Zhu Mu were ginseng and bird's nest.
Two young men, Zhu Minjie and Zhu Tingting, also had gifts. A belt for Zhu Minjie and a watch for Zhu Tingting. They were not expensive items and cost only a few hundred yuan. There were also many other drinks, candies and other food, large and small bags. Yes, these drinks and candies were not bought from the Magic City, but were picked out by Zhu Zhe and Wang Zhong in the city yesterday afternoon.
The four of them sat on the sofa in the living room. Zhu's mother made tea and then took Zhu Zhe into the kitchen to prepare lunch. Wang Zhong was pulled by Zhu's father to talk.
"Where is Xiao Wang from?"
"Uncle, I am from Jinling!"
"Jinling
people? Jinling is great, a big city! "
"Uncle may have misunderstood. I am from the countryside of Jinling, and I am also a rural person."
"It's richer than here!" Zhu's father said. Now that information is developed, Zhu's father and Zhu's mother have gone to coastal areas to work, so they are not completely ignorant of the outside world.
"Xiao Wang, what do you belong to?"
"I am born in the year of *, not long after my twenty-ninth birthday."
"He's a *, he's three years younger than our Ah Zhe, I wonder why he's so young!"
Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Uncle, isn't it the old saying: a female junior is a gold nugget, and Zhu Zhe is mature, sensible, kind, enthusiastic, sensible, and beautiful. Speaking of which, I am the one who has the upper hand!"
Talking to people is also a skill, which is exactly what the saying goes: Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships.
The four simple words of human nature and sophistication convey the concept of treating others and doing things that has been passed down in China for thousands of years.
Wang Zhong's words made Zhu's father feel happy in his heart. The anxiety caused by Wang Zhong's previous worries that Wang Zhong was from a big city gradually receded, and he gradually became more relaxed, less reserved and more natural.
"Are you and Azhe colleagues?"
"We are not colleagues. We were neighbors. We lived upstairs and downstairs. We met each other without looking up. After getting to know each other more and more, I fell in love with Zhu Zhe. It took a lot of effort to chase Zhu Zhe. Well, it wasn’t until last month that Zhu Zhe agreed to my pursuit.”
"No wonder!" Zhu's father nodded. Wang Zhong naturally knew what he was referring to. It was nothing more than the last time Zhu Minjie took his ex-girlfriend, his daughter, and Zhu Tingting to the Magic City to find Zhu Zhe.
However, Wang Zhong still explained: "It's a pity that when Xiaojie and Tingting went to the Magic City last time, Zhu Zhe didn't agree to my pursuit. Otherwise, I could help Zhu Zhe entertain them."
Zhu's father did not dwell on the matter and instead asked, "Xiao Wang, what do you do?"
"I work for an Internet company!" Wang Zhong posted something @
If Zhu Zhe gets married, in addition to the betrothal gift, there will also be money for wedding banquets. The miscellaneous expenses add up to a lot. I don’t have many relatives or friends. Zhu Zhe’s family will definitely receive a share of the money for the banquet. It belongs to your two elders. After all, you will have to pay back this favor slowly in the future, and the house will only have to wait a few more years. "
Wang Zhong's words touched Zhu's father's heart. Zhu's father did not dwell on the issue of betrothal gifts. Instead, he looked at Wang Zhong and said, "Do I have to buy a house in the magic city?"
Wang Zhong did not answer directly, but asked: "Uncle, do you think the educational conditions in the Magic City are better, or the educational conditions here in your hometown are better?"
"That must be the Magic City!" Zhu's father said.
"Think about it, Zhu Zhe and I have finally established a foothold in Shanghai. As long as we buy a house, we will be residents of Shanghai in the future. If we have children, they will be able to receive better education in the future. I won’t say that I will become famous and honor my ancestors in the future, but at least my life will be easier than now.”
"Furthermore, Zhu Zhe and I have worked hard in Magic City for so many years. We have all the connections and connections in Magic City. If the children have something to do in the future, it will be easier to find someone. But if we change places, everything will have to be done. If we start all over again, the salary may not be as good as it is now, and if we start all over again at our age, we won’t have the advantages that young people like Minjie and Tingting who have just entered society have.”
"After all, the bosses of private companies are smarter than the last, and the company only has so many resources. Do you think it is better to train a young man in his twenties so that they can shine for the company, or to train people like me and Zhu Zhe? How about someone who is thirty years old and will soon enter middle age?"
Father Zhu nodded in agreement and said, "What you said makes sense."
"Then when are you and Azhe planning to get married?" Zhu's father asked again.
Wang Zhongdao: "It depends on what Zhu Zhe means. First, it's because we haven't been good together for long, and second, it's because of Zhu Zhe's work considerations."
Father Zhu said with some confusion: "Work considerations?"
Wang Zhong explained: "Because women don't have much advantage in the workplace. Once they get married, they will definitely have to get pregnant and give birth to a child. When they give birth to a child, they have to take maternity leave. This is not ten days and a half, but For a few months or even half a year, in order to take care of the children, he might have to stay home from work. Zhu Zhe also hesitated because of this consideration."
Father Zhu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he remembered what his son and second daughter had said after they came back from the Demon City, and also thought of the help his eldest daughter had given to the family over the years, and how she was alone in the Demon City. Working hard for the sake of the family, I am already in my thirties, and I don’t even care about having a boyfriend, I am only focused on making money.
If the second daughter and son hadn't graduated and were about to start a family, the eldest daughter would probably still be working hard to make money for them to go to school.
Thinking of this, Father Zhu felt a little uncomfortable as a father.
They are all their own children. Although they love their younger daughter and son more, it does not mean that they do not love Zhu Zhe, the eldest daughter. The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, but the fingers are different in length, and the eldest daughter has stood up early. He even helped the family, unlike his younger daughter and son, who still have to worry about them.
"Hey!" Father Zhu couldn't help but sigh, his eyes dimmed, and he felt more and more sorry for his eldest daughter.
"We are useless and have dragged down Ah Zhe."
Wang Zhong comforted him: "Uncle, we are all a family. It is not a burden or a burden. Zhu Zhe and I came back this time just to discuss our marriage with you and aunt. Originally, Zhu Zhe and I were I plan to wait until at least this year. If my uncle thinks it is too long, I have no objection to moving it to this year.
Uncle, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. In my family, I am now the only one with only Miaomiao. I wish I could marry Zhu Zhe home as soon as possible so that our old Wang family can spread its branches and continue the family lineage. "
Wang Zhong's heartfelt words really made Father Zhu's impression of him rise a lot. In the eyes of Father Zhu and others of their age, marriage was originally meant to expand the family and carry on the family line. All of a sudden, Zhu's father's recognition of Wang Zhong also increased a lot.
After a conversation, Zhu's father became more and more satisfied with Wang Zhong, his future son-in-law. Wang Zhong's speech and behavior were not only decent, but also very polite. The key was that Wang Zhong was also very careful and polite when chatting with Zhu's father. Properly speaking, many words directly touched Father Zhu's heart.
The two chatted for a while, and then there were footsteps on the stairs. Zhu Minjie and Zhu Tingting, who had been screamed by Zhu's mother, came to the living room with sleepy eyes and a sleepy look, and beat Zhu's father. call.
"Are you the eldest sister's boyfriend?" Zhu Tingting perked up as soon as she saw Wang Zhong. She walked quickly to Zhu's father and looked at Wang Zhong up and down with a scrutinizing gaze.
Wang Zhong handed the gifts to the two of them respectively: "You are Tingting, right, and you are Xiaojie. Hello, my name is Wang Zhong. It's our first time meeting, and there is nothing good. It's just a small gift, just a chat. I hope you don’t dislike it.”
Zhu Minjie took the gift and said thank you. Zhu Tingting glanced at it and said with some disgust that it was made in China. Then he opened the gift and saw that it was just an ordinary domestic women's watch. The style was exquisite, but it was a pity. The material is ordinary and there is nothing special about it, which makes it even less interesting.
